The patron of Noto is Saint Conrad Confalonieri, born at Calendasco near Piacenza in 1290 and died in Noto on 19 February 1351, after a life as a penitent, Franciscan tertiary, pilgrim and hermit. The feast falls on the very day of his death: solemn services and the procession of the silver urn that holds his relics.
The saint also has a second feast, called the summer one, traditionally held in August. Beside him the town venerates the Madonna della Scala, patron of the diocese and co-patron of Noto. And in May comes the Infiorata, the flower festival born in 1980 from the meeting of Noto's flower artists with those of Genzano di Roma.
